Since its outbreak in late 2019, the COVID-19 pandemic has drawn enormous attention
worldwide as a consequence of being the most disastrous infectious disease in the past …

There is a large global unmet need for the development of countermeasures to combat
hundreds of viruses known to cause human disease and for the establishment of a …

The SARS-CoV-2 main protease (Mpro) is the drug target of Pfizer's oral drug nirmatrelvir.
The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants with mutations in Mpro raised the alarm of potential …

The oral protease inhibitor nirmatrelvir is of key importance for prevention of severe
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). To facilitate resistance monitoring, we studied …

Vaccines and drugs have helped reduce disease severity and blunt the spread of severe
acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). However, ongoing virus …

Ensitrelvir, an oral antiviral agent that targets a SARS-CoV-2 main protease (3CLpro or
Nsp5), is clinically useful against SARS-CoV-2 including its omicron variants. Since most …

The SARS-CoV-2 main protease (3CLpro) has an indispensable role in the viral life cycle
and is a therapeutic target for the treatment of COVID-19. The potential of 3CLpro-inhibitors …

Nirmatrelvir, an oral antiviral agent that targets a SARS-CoV-2 main protease (3CLpro), is
clinically useful against infection with SARS-CoV-2 including its omicron variants. Since …

Summary Background Nirmatrelvir-ritonavir (Paxlovid) and ensitrelvir are 3-chymotrypsin-
like cysteine protease (3CL pro) inhibitors which have been approved for the treatment of …

Therapeutic options against SARS-CoV-2 are underutilized. Two oral drugs, molnupiravir
and paxlovid (nirmatrelvir/ritonavir), have received emergency use authorization. Initial trials …